7 faculty liberal arts political science jobs found in Toronto

Date Posted:  05/11/2023 Req ID:  31158 Faculty/Division:  Faculty of Arts & Science Department:  Dept of Political Science Campus:  St. George (Downtown Toronto) Description: Course description:  This course focuses on the legal and political relationship between Canada’s Indigenous peoples and the Canadian state. The course provides a detailed genealogy of the relevant legal and political touchstones of the relationship from the Hawthorn Report in 1966 to the present-day Unist’ot’en roadblocks on Wet’suwet’en territory in British Columbia. Students will gain a sense of the historical and ongoing pendulum-like legal and political relationship between the Canadian state and Indigenous communities. Students will become familiar with a shortlist of relevant legal and political concepts: Aboriginal rights, treaty relationship, nation-to-nation, reconciliation, resurgence, honour of the Crown,...

Date Posted:  05/11/2023 Req ID:  31159 Faculty/Division:  Faculty of Arts & Science Department:  Dept of Political Science Campus:  St. George (Downtown Toronto) Description: Course description:   Students will learn about role of data for politics and society, and several approaches to understand these data. How do information and data shape politics and policies? What insights can we gain about contemporary and past societies from the data they produce? To answer these questions we will examine ideas and concepts associated with measurement and information theory, and especially how they have been applied to evaluate, build, sustain, and change societies. This course will draw from topics in the study of international relations, economics, political behavior, and statistics to offer a diverse set of tools for processing and analyzing different types of data. Topics addressed will include war and conflict, social media,...

Date Posted:  05/11/2023 Req ID:  31168 Faculty/Division:  Faculty of Arts & Science Department:  Dept of Political Science Campus:  St. George (Downtown Toronto) Description: Course description:  This course will expose students to the operation of international legal order with respect to the use of armed force, the law of armed conflict, and the protection of human rights. Students will also be introduced to how dispute settlement works between states. Estimated TA support: 110 hours Estimated course enrollment:   150 students Class schedule:     Thursday 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.  * This course is scheduled to be delivered in-person. Please note that, in keeping with current circumstances, this course may be delivered in-person, remotely/online, or by a combination of delivery methods as determined by the Faculty or Department at a later date. Sessional dates of appointment: ...

Date Posted:  05/10/2023 Req ID:  31164 Faculty/Division:  Faculty of Arts & Science Department:  Dept of Political Science Campus:  St. George (Downtown Toronto) Description: Course description:  This course will introduce students to the primary sources of international law (treaties and customary international law) and the legal attributes of the core actors in the international system, including states, international organizations and individuals. Related topics will include governance of territory and the seas. Estimated TA support:  110 hours TA support will be provided to the course Estimated course enrollment:   150 students Class schedule:   Thursday 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.           * This course is scheduled to be delivered in-person. Please note that, in keeping with current circumstances, this course may be delivered in-person, remotely/online, or by a...

Date Posted:  05/11/2023 Req ID:  31147 Faculty/Division:  Faculty of Arts & Science Department:  Dept of Political Science Campus:  St. George (Downtown Toronto) Description: Course description:  This course explores the relationship between justice, power, and interests in the works of prominent ancient, modern, and contemporary thinkers. It adopts a problem-driven approach and engages with current controversies in international relations in light of insights from classic books. Special attention is paid to the prospects of a just world order, the causes and justifications of war, the construction of images of citizens and enemies, and the nature of duties to outsiders. Estimated TA support:   210 hours for 150 students Estimated course enrollment:    500 students Class schedule:     Tuesday 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.  * This course is scheduled to be delivered...

Date Posted:  04/27/2023 Closing Date:  06/12/2023, 11:59PM ET Req ID:  30201 Job Category:  Faculty - Tenure Stream (continuing) Faculty/Division:  Faculty of Arts & Science Department:  Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy Campus:  St. George (Downtown Toronto) Description: The Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy in the Faculty of Arts & Science at the University of Toronto invites applications for a full-time tenure stream position in the area of Social Sciences and Digital Technologies. The appointment will be at the rank of Assistant Professor, with an expected start date of September 1, 2023.  The successful candidate may also hold an Endowed Professorship for a five-year term, renewable following a favourable review. Candidates must have earned a PhD degree in any relevant Social Science field by the time of appointment or shortly thereafter, with a clearly demonstrated record of...

Date Posted:  09/28/2022 Closing Date:  11/28/2022, 11:59PM ET Req ID:  26546 Job Category:  Faculty - Tenure Stream (continuing) Faculty/Division:  University of Toronto Scarborough Department:  UTSC: Department of Sociology Campus: University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) Description: The Department of Sociology at the University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) invites applications for a full-time tenure-stream position in the area of Sociology of Religion. The appointment will be at the rank of Assistant Professor, with an expected start date of July 1, 2023, or shortly thereafter. The University of Toronto Scarborough is implementing a new Strategic Plan: Inspiring Inclusive Excellence. Consistent with the values and objectives in that plan, we especially welcome candidates who self-identify as Indigenous or those who have lived experience in Black or other racialized (persons of colour) communities.  This position is part...